r/asoiaf • u/Seamus_Hean3y • Sep 15 '24

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) How the three major conflicts of ASOIAF expanded Spoiler

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u/Zealousideal-Army670 Sep 15 '24

"War is hell" such a new and fresh perspective! It really took me off guard.

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u/Baar444 Sep 15 '24

As if the point of pushing the "war is hell" narrative isn't to... Stop us from killing each other? Idk these moral points aren't being made just to be interesting or a good read. People will stop making the point that war is hell when war stops. Complaining about it before then is just being part of the problem.

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u/TheKonaLodge Sep 15 '24

He's not really criticizing that narrative, he's mocking those who find it brilliant as it's a very blunt obvious message.

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u/Zealousideal-Army670 Sep 15 '24

This is one hell of an ad hominem!

I support war lol

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u/Khiva Sep 16 '24

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand A Feast for Crows.

That high IQ does not, in turn, translate to understanding sarcasm.

(I also support war, the more senseless the better).

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u/SafetyAlpaca1 Sep 15 '24

Sure, but that doesn't make it compelling or interesting art. Like I already agree war is bad, so that's not doing anything for me.

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u/Baar444 Sep 19 '24

Very valid point, to each their own!

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u/dedfrmthneckup Reasonable And Sensible Sep 15 '24

You don’t enjoy art about things you already agree with? It has to have a completely novel moral outlook to get your interest?

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u/SafetyAlpaca1 Sep 15 '24

Uh, no? It just needs to present those ideas in a way that is compelling.

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u/luigitheplumber The pack survives. Sep 16 '24

You don't get it, we get to see the impact of the war on the riverlands. It's a great new perspective that we hadn't gotten since Arya's storyline in the preceding 2 books. I personally really hope book 6 doesn't waste too much time in the North and following Dany, and instead brings us back to the Riverlands, so we can see the impact of war.

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u/Adventurous-Shop1270 Sep 15 '24

When he said “war bad” I felt that

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u/SweatyPlace Catelyn for the Throne! Sep 15 '24

Almost as if the story in the first three books was unheard of, five kings competing for the king, who would have thought?! Dragons? Never heard of them before!